Stress tests to confirm need for cardiac stent not occurring in most patients, new study finds

UCSF researchers investigating the appropriate use of procedures to open narrowed coronary arteries -- such as angioplasty and stenting -- found that less than half of Medicare patients had documented noninvasive stress testing prior to elective percutaneous coronary intervention, or PCI, the clinical name for such procedures.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news143219252.html">Stress tests to confirm need for cardiac stent not occurring in most patients, new study finds</a></p> <p>UCSF researchers investigating the appropriate use of procedures to open narrowed coronary arteries -- such as angioplasty and stenting -- found that less than half of Medicare patients had documented noninvasive stress testing prior to elective percutaneous coronary intervention, or PCI, the clinical name for such procedures.</p>